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In a typical food chain, primary producers like plants, herbivores, and carnivores are usually represented, but decomposers, such as fungi and bacteria, are often not shown. Decomposers play a crucial role in breaking down organic matter and recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem, yet they are frequently omitted for simplicity. Their absence can lead to an incomplete understanding of ecosystem dynamics.
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What type of organism is needed in every food chain?
plants
What type of organism is the first organism in the food chain?
Bacteria would always be the first link in a food chain. This is simply because it is so small and is, essentially, everywhere.
What type of organism is at the begging of the food chain and at the base of the energy pyramid?
producer
If one organism in a food web takes part in more than one food chain what can result?
the organism links the two food webs and combines them into a larger one. This also means the two food webs are in the same ecosystem or are the same type of ecosystem
What is the type of response that occurs when an organism eats food?
What is the type of response that occur when an organism eats food
Which type of organism herbivore or carnivore eats higher on the food chain?
The organisms of cat family
All food chains begin what type of organism?
All food chains begin with a producer, typically a plant or algae that can photosynthesize and produce its own food. These producers form the basis of the food chain by converting sunlight into energy that is then consumed by organisms higher up the chain.
Why is a food chain called a food chain?
Because they use the word 'chain' as a type of metaphor. They use chain as a metaphor because the food keeps on going on and on, as does a chain.
What type of organism provides the base of a food?
organism provides the base of a food web is grass
In a multicellular organism what type of cells would be undergoing mitosis?
the chain reaction of asexual reproduction
When people say eat low on food chain what type of food are they recommending?
Mostly plants. Meat would be higher up the food chain.
What type of organism obtains its food directly from its environment?
Heterotrophs.
